2nd Victim Dies In Eldred Twp. Motorcycle Crash

A 28-year-old Saylorsburg-area man died yesterday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Eldred Township on Thursday.

Patrick Sokolowski of Saylorsburg R.3 died of multiple traumatic injuries, according to Lehigh County Coroner Wayne Snyder. He was a passenger on a motorcycle that was involved in a head-on collision with a pickup truck on Kunkletown Road. The driver of the motorcycle, Martin Motto, 27, of Kunkletown was killed in the crash.

State police at Lehighton said the motorcycle was westbound when it was struck by a pickup, driven by Mark Lane, 23, of Saylorsburg, which was westbound. Police said Lane's vehicle entered the east lane as it rounded a curve, hit the motorcycle, then went through guard wires and down an embankment. Lane was treated at Pocono Medical Center.